iran has a long history in the use of medicinal plants and traditional medicine. local people in the villages, especially the elderly, have useful information about health benefits and how to use these plants. therefore, it seems that collecting and recording this information leads to the revival of this traditional knowledge. the current research is an ethnobotanical study on the medicinal pla...

background and objectives: endophytic actinobacteria colonize inside the plant tissues without causing damages to the host plant. since these microorganisms colonize in the different parts of plants and can stop plant disease, they have been applied as biological agents for controlling human diseases. the aim of this study was molecular identification and measuring the antimicrobial activity of...

the distribution and abundance of high aquatic plants in the gorganroud river was examined at five stations in four seasons (20 samples) over one year period during 2009-2010. we identified 21 species of aquatic plants from 21 genera, belonging to 9 families. these species were determined as 3 halophytic species (14.2%) and 18 high aquatic plants (85.7%).the highest species diversity was observ...

background and objectives: attenuated total reflectance-inferared (atr-ir) spectra can be used as a non-invasive fingerprinting approach in quality control of herbal samples. methods: twenty versatile herbal samples were subjected to attenuated total reflectance-inferared (atr-ir) spectroscopy followed by different clustering methods in order to determine by which method more reasonable classif...

results modern investigations have supported the claims of the insecticidal activity of several plants, including allium sativum, artemisia absinthium, citrullus colocynthis, laurus nobilis, mentha pulegium, myrtus communis, nerium oleander, ocimum basilicum, and origanum majorana. however, in the cases of plants like iris florentina and malva sylvestris, there is not enough evidence in modern ...

objective: an ethnobotanical survey on the medicinal plant species marketed in mashhad city, northeastern iran, was conducted in order to document traditional medicinal knowledge and application of medicinal plants. materials and methods: this study was undertaken between 2011 and 2012. the indigenous knowledge of traditional healers used for medicinal purposes were collected through questionna...

the essential nutrients in the pharmacological plants play a significant role in the remedy of illnesses but, these elements at high levels; can also be dangerous and toxic. the aim of this study was to determine the concentration of macro (mg, ca, p, and k) and micro (cu, zn, fe and mn) essential elements in seven indigenous pharmacological plants growing in fars province, southern iran. they ...

background: mahyaveh is an iranian salted-fermented fish sauce which due to its high amount of protein has risk of histamine production. this study was carried out to determine effect of zataria multiflora essential oil (eo) on histamine production in mahyaveh. methods: dried anchovies (stolephorus sp.), refined-salt and mustard seed (brassica juncea) were purchased from the local market in ban...

background dyslipidemia is a major risk for cardiovascular diseases. the aim of this study is to review the effects of nutraceuticals to modify lipid disorders in children. materials and methods the literature research was conducted in embase, medline, pubmed, scopus, isi web of science, and cochrane library from 2002 until january 2015. the following keywords were used: dyslipidemia, hyperlipi...